Senior Test Automation Engineer – CI/CD & Cloud

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior Software Development Test Engineer to lead end-to-end testing across end-user applications and platform software.

You will design test strategies, build automated frameworks in Python, C++, and Go, and collaborate with developers to ensure quality, performance, and reliability across distributed systems and hybrid cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, software test engineering, or quality engineering.
• Strong software development experience in Python, C++, C, Go, or equivalent languages.
• Experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks and infrastructure.
• Expertise in test automation, CI/CD practices, and software quality methodologies.
• Experience debugging complex software issues and performing root-cause analysis.
• Strong understanding of Linux-based systems and enterprise software environments.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, and modern software development workflows.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, distributed systems, and client/server architectures.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of comprehensive software test strategies, test plans, and quality validation processes.
• Develop automated test frameworks and tooling using Python, C++, and Go.
• Design and implement functional, integration, regression, performance, scalability, and system-level testing solutions.
• Partner closely with software developers during feature development to ensure testability, quality, and comprehensive coverage.
• Perform root-cause analysis on complex software failures and customer-reported issues.
• Debug issues across application code, automation frameworks, operating systems, networking, storage subsystems, and hardware interfaces.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD validation pipelines and automated quality gates.
• Analyze automated test results and provide risk assessments to engineering leadership.
• Validate distributed systems, disaster recovery workflows, high-availability architectures, and hybrid cloud deployments.
• Drive quality improvements through automation, code reviews, process optimization, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on software quality and automation architecture.
• Lead cross-functional efforts involving development, test, support, product management, and operations teams.

Skills

Python

C++

C

Go

Test automation

CI/CD

Git

Jenkins

REST APIs

Linux

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Electrical Engineering

Tools

Git

Jenkins

PyTest

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Hitachi Vantara in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior Software Development Test Engineer to lead end-to-end testing across end-user applications and platform software.

You will design test strategies, build automated frameworks in Python, C++, and Go, and collaborate with developers to ensure quality, performance, and reliability across distributed systems and hybrid cloud deployments.